Archive - Violet on the Rainbow

I Don't Want To Talk About My Body

May 15 •

April 2025

White Men According to R. Crumb

how robert crumb's work lays bare the ugly truths underpinning the psyche of white america

Apr 10 •

March 2025

Is It Satire or Just Escapism?

how "eat the rich" cinema fails to challenge the status quo and what filmmakers can learn from Ishmael Reed

Mar 27 •

Stuck In A Sample Loop

drawing a parallel between somali music's post-war collapse and western music's corporate decay

Mar 6 •

January 2025

Beauty, Time and Wasting Away

a reflection on our modern obsession with aging, beauty and control

Jan 23 •

September 2024

Coffee's For Closers

how contemporary cultural portrayals of the office critique and reshape our understanding of corporate life, highlighting the office as a stage of…

Sep 19, 2024 •

Goddamn, Man-Child

Vincent Gallo's Buffalo '66—25 years after its debut—remains a raw and unflinching dive into the twisted depths of male alienation.

Sep 12, 2024 •

August 2024

My Year On Antidepressants

What I discovered about myself while traversing the hazy landscape of prescription antidepressants.

Aug 15, 2024 •

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